Chandos Primary School
General Information
- Address: Vaughton Street South, Highgate, Birmingham, B12 0YN – View on map
- Phone: 01214643881
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Debbie Norbury
- Age range: 2-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 28 families put it first for 39 places – 7 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 7
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 264
- % eligible for free school meals: 62.0%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Birmingham average)
- English as an additional language: 84% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 17.7% a year (Birmingham 17.9%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Birmingham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 21 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
- Suspensions for bullying: 38 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Birmingham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 17.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 21.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 42 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 38 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Requires improvement 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 60% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Birmingham average (65%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 51% against an expected 58%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 51%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 72% · Writing 66% · Maths 74% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 73%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 105
- Based on: 52 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 171st of 264 junior and primary schools in the area
- =163World's End Junior School61%
- =163Yew Tree Community Junior and Infant School (NC)61%
- =171Chandos Primary School60%
- =171Cofton Primary School60%
- =171Elms Farm Community Primary School60%
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191st of 199 primary schools in Birmingham for Ofsted rating
- #189Yorkmead Junior and Infant SchoolGood
- #190Allens Croft Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #191Chandos Primary SchoolRequires improvement
- #192Fairway Primary AcademyRequires improvement
- #193Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary SchoolRequires improvement
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,338 (2024-25)
104th of 249 primary schools in Birmingham for spending per pupil
- #102Kings Rise Academy£7,355
- #103Lift Four Dwellings Primary£7,346
- #104Chandos Primary School£7,338
- #105SS John and Monica Catholic Primary School£7,325
- #106Grestone Academy£7,322
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